Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations; Former Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley; Twitter: @orvilleschell. Co-author, Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century

John Delury, Associate Director, the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations; Twitter: @JohnDelury. Co-author, Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century

Joel Brinkley, Hearst Visiting Professor in Residence, Stanford University; Former Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times - Moderator

Schell and Delury trace the dramatic rise of China from an “imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse.” He will address China’s future and highlight some of the country’s most influential leaders, political figures, writers, and activists who helped create modern China.